Re: [Emc-users] Start velocity for steppers

2012-04-06 Thread propcoder
I know such thing like feedrate (F in G-code), but don't know any parameter of velocity for combined moves. Does it exist? How is it called like and where to find it? Regarding Mach3 - I think I will be forced to try it with this machine too. Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote in

[Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-06 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, Well my machine is up an running nicely now, but now I want to make it go faster! My Z axis is about 10,000 lines per inch, so it uses up my available bandwidth really fast. Right now I have the Z's max speed set to a mere 3 inches per sec. My Y is 24 inches per sec, and X is 10

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-06 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/4/6 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: Is there anything I will need to order besides the Mesa's 4I30? How simple is it to wire up? I assume the encoder signals go to the Mesa? How are the Geckos wired? What does the parallel port connect to? I have been using Mesa cards, but I am

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-06 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 6, 2012, at 1:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/4/6 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: Is there anything I will need to order besides the Mesa's 4I30? How simple is it to wire up? I assume the encoder signals go to the Mesa? How are the Geckos wired? What does the parallel port

Re: [Emc-users] Start velocity for steppers

2012-04-06 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:39:04 +0300, you wrote: I know such thing like feedrate (F in G-code), but don't know any parameter of velocity for combined moves. Does it exist? How is it called like and where to find it? Sorry, my mistake it was angular moves. The valid params in the ini file are •

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
The first thing to do is increase the allowable following error to a large enough number you can experiment with the PID values. Then start tweaking P and then D etc per the above protocol. You will be able to adjust for/in either control loop mode. On Apr 5, 2012 11:06 PM, Peter C. Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-06 Thread Anders Wallin
That is why I think that 5i25 card would do much better - less rewiring (actually You might get away with no rewiring at all) and there also is price difference. Plug it straight in pci slot and attach Your existing lpt cables to it. The only thing to do is sort out the firmware - most

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Anders Wallin
1 - is there some inherent incompatibility between Linux CNC and torque mode servos? 2-  is there some deeply buried config parameter that needs to be changed? 3-  can somebody point us to a strategy specifically oriented to tuning torque mode servos? 4-  any other ideas? Here are some

Re: [Emc-users] Start velocity for steppers

2012-04-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 09:39:04AM +0300, propcoder wrote: I know such thing like feedrate (F in G-code), but don't know any parameter of velocity for combined moves. Does it exist? How is it called like and where to find it? I don't understand what you're asking for. In LinuxCNC each axis

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
lloyd wilson wrote: We are investigating using my favorite cnc controller for an application which will require as much stiffness as we can arrange; websearching suggests that torque mode rather than velocity mode is preferrred in such applications. We are using a Pico PPMC interface set to

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: No, but a torque mode PID loop is also responsible for velocity control. This is handled by a separate high speed loop in your drive when your drive is in velocity mode. A Torque mode PID loop often needs to to run at a higher sample rate than a PID loop

[Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-06 Thread gene heskett
Slowly hooking up the actual lathe to linuxcnc. Starting with that encoder I made. 1. I get it that this encoder.0.velocity is something that is reported in rps if I have the scale set correctly, but what I am getting is an extremely noisy reading for what looks like, and sounds like, a quite